When the Set Is Meant to Disappear

By

Lizzie Simon

Updated Nov. 19, 2012 9:51 p.m. ET

Each week in Curtain Raisers, we invite a local theater artist to attend a show of his or her choosing and discuss the results. On Friday, props supervisor and set dresser Faye Armon-Troncoso opted to see David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross," directed by Daniel Sullivan at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Ms. Armon-Troncoso holds the distinction of being the only props supervisor ever to win an Obie Award, for her work on Tracy Letts's "Bug" in 2004. Currently her props and set dressings can be seen in all four shows running at Lincoln Center Theater: "Disgraced," "Vanya and Sonia...